We named him Squirt – not because he was the smallest of the 16 cuttlefish in the pool, but because anyone with the audacity ...

A video shared to TikTok on Nov. 9, 2024, claimed to show a "giant sea white octopus caught by fishermen" and included a geolocation tag of the "United States." In the video, multiple people were ...

Researchers wondered if animals that change color have to pay a metabolic price in exchange for the camouflage strategy. So, ...

This tiny octopus packs a poisonous punch, but just how deadly is it to humans? Read on to learn more about the blue-ringed ...

Deep in the ocean, living in eternal darkness, is the dumbo octopus (of the genus Grimpoteuthis), a creature that few humans have seen face-to-face. When someone is lucky enough to spot one, they're ...

“There are very many species of octopus, not one species [like] humans…and they live in a wide variety of habitats including deep ocean habitats as well as coastal habitats,” Coulson says.

This year, the animal kingdom was filled with triumph, loss and new discoveries. Here is a look at NPR's top animal stories ...

Octopus filmed firing stones from her siphon ... Hannah Osborne is the planet Earth and animals editor at Live Science. Prior to Live Science, she worked for several years at Newsweek as the ...

While this can harm fish and shellfish, Moran said the octopus, as one of the more intelligent and adaptable ocean animals, will likely be fine. "They're 400 million years old, so they've been ...

Amongst all animals, the speed of color changes and of ... the pigment sacs shrink to nearly invisible specks and the octopus appears to be white, but when the muscles contract, the sacs expand ...

It has always been popular in engineering and inventing to rely on inspiration from nature, often referred to as "biomimicry.